Thread:Asills/@comment-4754943-20160105105834/@comment-4754943-20160415102237

Hey!

Oh dear - had that problem severel times now - writing a long response/article...what ever; and when I tried to send/save it, it was gone...Now I'm always copying the text before I send my texts^^ So if it fails, I just can paste it again.

Wow, so the English translation has even two variations of his name! So in this case we should really change it in the original version then. In the German wiki I stayed with Belukia since it's the official German spelling, but added in his trivia, that it's actually Berukia. In English they seemed to have dropped the "u" since this vocal is often used if two consonants follow one another. (Just with the word "Cross" ist spelled in Japan as Kurosu. Sometimes, when I read European names in Japanese Katakana, I need some time to understand which one it could be - which "u" do I have to drop, and do they mean "L" or "R".

I have exactly that problem in the translation of a fictitious region...they use the signs for "Sazaranto" but do I drop the "o" and is it "l" or "r" xDD There is no right or wron here I guess. (It's from a PS Game "Trails of Cold Steel")

But I guess we should go with Berukia and Alicein then since it's official.

In one of our German Manga, the translators were not really into the story...they made two of the antagonists women, though - they are defenitly men. (They have long hair).

And while Abel is never reffered to as "he" or "she" in the orniginal version, they keep refering to Abel as "she". (Mikuni did say once not to give her a gender, wo we don't know it) But what ever - I am glad they DO translate it into German^^

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I am so worried about Jun too - some actually think he IS dead, but I would not draw that conclusion so early. We had it with Higan - I though he died 2 times ago, and suprise: here he still lives!

Tsurugi did not want to kill Jun, or even try it - I think he fears Touma a lot, and may be...just may be it's his mask he uses when he says "Touma-san gives so much money". In reality he can't go against him because he is so scared - he simply can't betray him.

When Touma ordered Tsurugi to kill Jun, a song came up in my head: It's an english fancover of a Japanese song. (From the so called "Story of evil" which is a story only told by songs. The first is about the queen/princess and the second from the view of her servant and so on)

The song is about a young princess/queen who rules her country with tyranny and egoism. She has a twin brother who was destined to be her servant but is willing to everything for her - as he seems to love her more than anything else. In one part of the song the he fell in love with a girl, and then, he was ordered to kill her - "I will answer her wishes - her mind I will ease, but why my lord, do my tears fail to cease..." So he did kill the girl he loved because his sister wanted him too. (In the first song it's already clear, that she let her kill out of jealousy - she fell in love with a guy, but this guy was in love with her. Then finally she started a war against the country the girl came from....But I was referring to what her servant gave for her.

Tsurugi just does the same thing - he does not want to do it, but he does it because Touma says it. I suppose Tsurugi does not only do this because he wants the money...

(And yeah! you're right - Zelos also hides his true emotions behind a mask. When he betrays his friends - he does not seem to be happy...)

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When I read chapter 53 I had to read the line with "that thing's repair fee" twice to realize it was Tsurugi he was talking about!

We learned that Touma was a professional vampire killer in the past and "educated" Tsurugi. He told him how to do it right. And that he got his money for the killing of those monsters.

I guess you're right, Touma does not empathize with vampires 'cause they're not human, and he doesn't see Tsurugi as human either. But still I am wondering - is he able to empathize with anyone?? (He has trades of a typical psychopath - not able to empathize, calm and collected, self-centered, often seems emontionless, can only trigger emotions through very intensive situations - - Touma only seems excited when someone is going to be killed, I guess he's may be not able to be excited/happy about smaller things like one's favourite meal for dinner xDDD)

(A psychopath has these trades above, but does not have to become a killer - but when he does he is really cruel and he won't hold back, because he can't empathize with his victims or their familiy/friends. They need extreme situations to feel anything, because they do have a lack of emotions. They don't laugh about things a normal human does, they are not as easily hurt, they don't feel excitement about normal things. So some start to do extreme things - so that they feel something - and some times that extreme situation is killing some one. And some of these trades are fitting with our character here/or with Jade Curtiss I told you about)

To me Touma sees everyone to be less worth than he is - still he seems to have to prove his on worthiness to himself! Maybe - if he does not see worth in himself, he still can't really accept himself the way he is now - so probaply that's one of the reasons he does not accept anyones worth - so everyone would deverve to die. (Sounds complicated because I don't know how to put it in words)

I think one of Toumas motives could be money - but not only money, I think even more he seeks for power - to prove his own worth. I mean - money comes second since he allowes Tsurugi somtimes to just say how much he wants.

(Or a great fear of vampires deep within him - that does not mean he can't kill them, but he still fears their power may be - there is a possibility that his obvious hatred for vampires was triggert by an incident with a vampire - like it was with Tsuyuki, Shuhei)

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Sometimes I wish I got the comicGene^^ I am so excited on how the story continues. I surely hope Jun is still alive - and that Yumi can forgive Tsurugi. I mean, with out Jun and Yumi on his side...Tsurugi will be lost. Probaply he will break down completely. He stated at the end of the chapter, that he can't take it anymore.

I'm still hoping, that Mikuni's  still around and able to save Mahiru and Kuro, so that they kann fight them together. I still see Mikuni as somekind of trump card for Mahiur. He is clever, talentated and you never know what he will do next.

He would even be albe to do something like: Sneaking up to Touma from the back and kill him - or at least hurt him, when he is just too excited about what happends on the screen in front of him, when he's blind to anything that's moving around him.

Or he could gather the other Servamps/Eves to interfere with Tsurugi (or both at the same time xDD)

But that's only speculation xDD. It's just hard to believe, that Strike Tanaka would kill Jun and leave his son an orphan...

In case you're interested in the song I told you: Here is the link. (The English Dub of cause)

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I have the impression, that some "magic arts" have an incantation - Like the one Tsurugi used when he used his spell on Kuro or when Touma just forced Tsurugi to pull a sword out of his throat. But some magic doesn't requier it - like that one with the key.

Yumi comes from an important familiy of mages - so Yumi tastes better to vampires - but..is Jun a sorceror too? And Tsurugi? It sounded as if some can learn magic better than others but most can learn it. Or did they mean, that Yumi's family is just so skilled because it's a tradition to them so Yumi was taught it since he was a kid...

Or can Yumi use magic by himself and the others need to use the Items they've got? I guell I will read the part when Jun/Yumi and Tsurugi picked up Mahiru again xDD

--Akemi